The Atlasian Universal Education Bill (Debating)

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Why should this only apply to fees? We need to do something about the insane cost of textbooks and room and board too.

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I would like to assume sponsorship if it's not too late to do so.

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I'm working on an amendment for this, so I'd like to hold off on the final vote at least until I can get it finished for presentation.

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[TNF]

According to an article in the Atlantic, it would cost $62.6 billion to pay for universal higher ed. I think the tax that I proposed would definitely raise that amount.

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I am also totally comfortable with running a deficit if it means educating the next generation and ending the discrimination that currently exists against working class students without the means to attend college.

[TNF]

So then we just raise taxes on the rich. What's the problem?

[TNF]

So we raise them higher. Not a problem.

[TNF]

So we raise them higher. Not a problem.

To what amount? 80%?

I would be perfectly fine with that amount.

[TNF]

If you don't want to tax the incomes of the rich directly, there are plenty of other ways we could raise the kind of revenue we need to fund this. We already have a financial transactions tax that might be raised in order to fund this, or perhaps we could gradually increase the tax on capital gains to fund it.

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Amendment is friendly.

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Thank you, Senator.
If I am allowed to, I still would like to assume co-sponsorship, just as I feel I put a good deal of work in this.

Sounds good to me.

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Aye

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I'm going to declare this friendly as soon as Polnut formally offers it.

[TNF]

Aye

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Motion to halt the final vote so that the issue can be addressed.

[TNF]

Amendment is friendly, FTR

[TNF]

Aye

[TNF]

The redraft is friendly.

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Aye